The post-New England Super Bowl loss riots in Amherst, Mass. were nothing compared to the soccer riots in Cairo (thank God), but can a psychiatrist explain why it happens at all? Something about groupthink? Can you imagine if the Patriots had won the game? “Like” TPC on Facebook here. Follow TPC on Twitter here.

Chris Huhne's resignation as Energy Secretary will be a loss to the cabinet and the Lib Dems, his former parliamentary private secretary tells BBC News.

The above is an interesting one from the latest Gallup Poll( via memeorandum). It's based on Gallup's annual state-by-state presidential approval numbers for 2011, and shows what the 2012 election would look like if President Obama carries only those states where he had a net positive approval rating in 2011 (e.g. Michigan where he is up 48 percent to 44 percent). The generic GOP candida...

From vomiting and food abstention to mastication and ‘reducing salons’, a new book shows that weight-loss regimes have a long, weird and unhealthy history.

With Europe facing a “silent crisis” of biodiversity loss, MEPs are considering ways to strengthen protections for habits and species but are divided over how to compel EU national governments to live up to their commitments. More »

The Prime Minister has urged people living in benefit-dependent households to "go out and work" rather than complain about the loss of welfare payments.

It's a gruesome job, but someone has to go there. Is Nick Clegg suffering from split personality or memory loss? He tells an interviewer that he & Cameron will have to take a view if Huhne is charged: Of course, that is a very serious issue if that were to arise. We as a Government want the highest standards of probity to be in place in everything that is done by Cabinet members.Messa...

Loss on debt-swap could reach 70 per cent

David Cameron acknowledged Britain’s loss of faith in free market capitalism in a speech that caps weeks of political agonising on pay and bonuses

Standard and Poor's cuts France's credit rating, drawing criticism from European politicians and calls to downgrade Britain too.